Sherm wrote:FJ, I knew what they wanted immediately. My brain could not come up with the word "declaration" for my life. I ended up writing "What is a resolution to go to war?" It's one like that would be very interesting to see if it would fly or not.

That's a valid question. Most of the Declarations contain the language "Be it resolved," so I think you could call them resolutions. However, there have been "resolutions" assenting to many military actions since 1942, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - they just weren't called declarations of war, e.g., Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. Are those resolutions to go to war too?I wrote "war resolutions," then in the last few seconds realized "declarations" was better. So I scrawled an amendment, and my pad read WAR and then DECLARATIONS right above RESOLUTIONS. If I'd had a few more seconds, I might have scratched out the last word, but as it stands, I'm still inclined to count it.

marpocky wrote:I'm sure you've encountered the name of Michael Flatley, aka "Lord of the Dance," at some point in your life.

The only "Lord of the Dance" I've ever heard of is that Christian song set to the tune of "Simple Gifts".

marpocky wrote:212 is the area code of Manhattan, and is one of the most well-known in, admittedly, an esoteric field of trivia.City of >2 million near Buffalo? Gotta be Toronto. Or Chicago, if you ask Watson. Granted, tough to make the international leap here.201 for New Jersey? I'll give you that there was not enough TOM on this one. Definitely no way to get that unless you know it.The TOM for 234 (Akron) was that it's sequential. You had to know here that area codes can't start with a 1 (or a 0).

212 — Never had any reason to know any area code not in my own state, so this went over my head. I don't recall Buffalo being in the next clue. And the fact that area codes can't start with 1 or 0 is new to me.

marpocky wrote:Oof. This is high-school level civics here, at the very most. Maybe even middle school.

Bamaman wrote:Years ago, they had a clue that said "All area codes have one of these two numbers as the middle digit". It wound up being a stand and stare.

I could not believe none of them could come up with that. Did they not know their own area code, which would have given them the answer?

Maybe they were all from another continent.

I agree. If both were asked for, it might have been a little more difficult. But, yes, if they are asking for only one, jump in and pick the one that's in the middle of your own area code. (Of course, since that clue has become outdated, two of my (4) area codes have the middle digit 8.)

Brian

...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.